Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

If Only I Had Told Her by Laura Nowlin

9 reviews

laurenrestad's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i sobbed. i did. i really did. i then cried four times. if i think about it, i cry. this series/ book broke me. i’m never going to be the same. sounds dramatic, but it’s heart breaking. i need, NEED, a version where

finny lives. him and autumn get married, see how he reacts to her pregnancy, and how his relationship is with his daughter.

i’m not okay after this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Child death, Pregnancy, Cursing, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

mia_likes_to_read's review

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

when she finds out she’s pregnant it gets super boring.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Death, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

livreads2much's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Sexual content, Death, Child death, Alcohol, Abandonment, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Drug use, and Eating disorder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Cursing, and Cancer

isabelle_mary's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I was super excited to see that ‘If he had been with me’ had a sequel, and that it was the same story but written from  POVs. This was my first book I’ve read where the story was the same but the POVs were different and I loved it! You really got to see more of what Finny thought throughout the whole thing, along with seeing how Jack and Autumn grieved. The only reason I gave it a 4.5 is because I would’ve loved to have gotten a POV from Sylvie. I think that would have tied it up together nicely. Overall, amazing book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death, Pregnancy, Car accident, and Cursing

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Jesus. Nowlin does it again. I legit cried the whole book. I can't even describe how horrible and amazing this book is. The book is divided into three parts between Finn, Jack, and Autumn. This gives us two additional insights we didn't have in the previous book and the story extends beyond the first book. It was a tad hard to follow in the beginning as I made the mistake of not reading the first book again but I don't feel like i'm missing all that much as it goes on. The chapters are shot enough that I dont feel like it drags but long enough that it feels like every chapter is detailed. I won't spoil it but good lord every bit of this book was so sad I was crying from page 25 till the end. Thank you so much to Laura Nowlin for finishing this series even when you said it was over! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Body horror, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Grief, Dysphoria, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Death, Abandonment, Cursing, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

willow2342's review

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Grief, Death, Pregnancy, and Car accident

katierosecrane's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I never knew I needed a second book to If he had been with me. I loved this book it tackles the monster topic of grief. I felt like I had lost Finn with Autumn. Beautifully written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Car accident, Alcohol, Abandonment, Mental illness, Child death, Cancer, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

tamm_yy's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Wonderful book if you are looking for time to spare. I found it good to read for conversation starters or to just ramble about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Sexual content, Car accident, Alcohol, Child death, and Suicide

jnterhune's review

emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This book is kinda hard to rate and review. Like I was very excited and had it preorder when I finished the first however it’s just different the first part is his perspective and then the middle is his best friends after the death and the the last part is autumn after the death. It was nice to see the story continue in some forums but it’s not a full story for anyone. I feel like a continue of story for each character for like more books would have been better. I also just felt the ending just like comes it almost felt unfinished like it was just over definitely no dramatic or even like ending I felt. This story definitely reflects on the grief and I found more depressing than the first one because of that but it made it feel more realistic so I did admire that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Child death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Abortion, Cursing, Sexual content, Cancer, Self harm, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship

Wouldn’t say I hated this book wouldn’t say I loved it. Nice to know how the story continues but just felt unorganized and unfinished or incomplete